The role of recombination, niche‐specific gene pools and flexible genomes in the ecological speciation of bacteria

Bacteria diversify into genetic clusters analogous to those observed in sexual eukaryotes, but the definition of bacterial species is an ongoing problem. Recent work has focused on adaptation to distinct ecological niches as the main driver of clustering, but there remains debate about the role of r...

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Main Authors: Schmutzer, M, Barraclough, TG
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019